Foreign Languages
Reza Pishghadam; Zahra Rostami Sarabi
Volume 15, Issue 36 , November 2015, , Pages 23-38
Abstract
It is crystal clear that stepping stones of each educational system hinge on its books and educational materials. That is why many teachers and scholars try to criticize and improve the school books. The present paper aims at criticizing and analyzing English book in 7th grade of middle school in Iran. ...
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It is crystal clear that stepping stones of each educational system hinge on its books and educational materials. That is why many teachers and scholars try to criticize and improve the school books. The present paper aims at criticizing and analyzing English book in 7th grade of middle school in Iran. Based on the Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based Model (DIR) and Emotion-based Language Instruction, the researchers attempted to conduct interviews with a number of 7th grade students to pin down the amount of their interests and satisfactions with the vocabularies and images of this book. In this interview, 60 students of 7th grade were asked to elaborate on the level of their interests to learn the book. Furthermore, 10 English language teachers were interviewed to express their emotional reactions to the vocabularies. The results of the study indicated that neither the students nor the teachers were emotionally satisfied with the book. Finally, the results were discussed and some suggestions were made in the context of English language learning and materials development.
